more than 100 cases are reported across 11 countries outside africa. risking their lives to escape: how an easing of us sanctions comes amid an exodus of cubans trying to reach america. but the current dire economic circumstances mean this exodus is more acute than it has been for many years. and it s a double fault for wimbledon as it s stripped of its ranking points over its decision to ban russian players from this year s championships because of the war in ukraine. hello and welcome to the programme. in ukraine, russian forces have been advancing on the battlefield in the south and east of the country after suffering weeks of setbacks since their invasion in february. the last few ukrainian defenders of mariupol are finally ending their resistance. now, the donbas region is the key focus for russia. it says that what it calls the liberation of luhansk province is nearing completion, and it s intensifying its attacks on neighbouring donetsk. the bbc sjeremy bowen sent th
And so far we know that 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected Blood Products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories. There are the people with rare genetic Blood Clotting Disorders such as the haemophiliacs, and there are people who needed Blood Transfusions after surgery, for example. So lets start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. People with Blood Clotting Disorders, they need a special protein called factor eight, Orfactor Nine injected which helps the blood clot. But by the 1970s the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these Blood Products and so they started to import from america but because america pays for blood plasma rather than it being donated for free, it came from a lot of high risk individuals, including prisoners, drug addicts and those most in need for money. And so with these donations came some deadly viral infections such as hepatitis c and hiv. In the late 7
Angeles and this is americas late news, fox news at night. And breaking tonight, brand new Exclusive Information Coming into fox news at night showing that a quarter Million Dollars was sent from beijing china to hunter biden. And the Beneficiary Address was the delaware home of president biden. Meantime democratic senator bob menendez has legal and political problems of his own. Now onethird of the senators in his own party are calling for him to step down because of bribery charges. And there is now concern about the Balance Of Power in the senate. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live from dc with more on both of those investigations. Kevin, good evening. Reporter what a night here in the nations capitol trace. Evening to you, House Oversight Committee Chair james comer of kentucky has actually been investigating the biden Family Business dealings and the president s alleged involvement in those ventures, which is why tonight hunter biden, the news that he received w
and have made significant progress. video footage from both sides shows israeli tanks and troops pressing towards gaza city. after the border was open for a second day. the hamas run health ministry says more than 9000 people have now been killed in israeli strikes on the gaza strip. israel began its bombing campaign in response to hamas designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government who murdered moo israelis on october 7th. here s our international editorjeremy bowen. a warning his report contains images many will find distressing. more evidence that nowhere in gaza is safe. israel hit bureij refugee camp. for days, israel has been ordering civilians in gaza to move south for their own safety. bureij is inside the area where they were told to go, and thousands of displaced people were sheltering there. the un human rights office has said that so many civilians have been killed and wounded in israeli air strikes that it has serious concerns that these are dispro